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    GROUNDS FOR GROWTH

    Oct 31, 2018 4 minutes
    WORDS CLIVE HARTLEY

    THERE is an excitement throbbing through South Australia’s Barossa Valley, a vibrancy and reinvigorating feeling that expresses optimism for the future of the region. For many years, the older generation growers have been passing the mantel over to the younger generation of farmers. Barossa is renowned for its growers and while numbers have decreased there are still around 550 registered in the region.

    The maturity of the region is showing as this new generation either select old practices that make sense to continue or adopt new ideas firmly based on scientific research. This ranges from viticultural practices

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